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Act of Union - Coggle Diagram
Act of Union
- Allegoric & feminine imagery, tone of expectation
- Expectations of labour
- Following plosive alliteration 'b' changes tone, gives a sense of violation
'To-night, a first movement, a pulse'
- Metaphor > Ireland's geographical location
- Positioning of the two, implies Ireland's back to Britain trying to escape
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- Offspring represents troubled relationship
- Strong, controlling, connotations personify Britains dominance
- Alliteration of 'I' dominance
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- Speaker is responsible for irreversible force of what the Irish see as invasion
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- 'imperially' a policy of extending a country's power & influence through colonisation, use of military force, or other means.
- 'Male' Positioning at beginning of line, together with the comma presents dominance & power.
- Britain leaves the female Ireland to her suffering
'And I am still imperially / Male, leaving you with pain'
- Alliteration highlights the violence & the obvious sexual imagery
- Violent imagery to wrench or tear
'The battering ram, the boom burst from within'
- 'obstinate' stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
- 'Fifth column' a traitor within an organisation or country. Here, Northern Ireland is turning on the father (Britain).
- 'unilateral' singular intent without the agreement of another or the others.
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- Northern Ireland is male, symbolising the angry young men fighting back during the Troubles.
- 'wardrum' traditionally used to summon men to fight.
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- No hope for reconciliation
- Final image of female Ireland's ravaged body
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'like opened ground, again'
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